I Think The Universe Hates Me I have been having a trying year and today confirmed what I have suspected for several months now. On Sunday I decided I could finally allow myself to unpack my PC and get back to simming. So I spent yesterday getting that part of the room ready. So far, so good. This morning I had to go out to pay some bills and get some groceries and other stuff so I though 'twould also be the ideal occasion to pick up my nice shiny new copy of Nightlife at my local Asda. Aaaaaaarrrrggghhhh! SOLD OUT! I was so annoyed I nearly bought Doom3 ... but luckily the picture on the case was so scary I couldn't actually pick it up. My sims are all safely parked and waiting for a downtown to open up near them and what am I doing? Making soup and watching the flipping Hallmark channel ... I've nearly run out of Kleenex
Mirelly, my dear, order from Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...-7327724-0721655?v=glance&s=software&n=507846 You'll have it within the week if you choose express shipping ...
Aw I'm not too worried really. I live within sneezing distance of one the largest malls in Euroland ... there's gotta be a copy of NL there with my name on it! Trouble with malls is the incredible amount of hiking needing to get around all the stores ... not the mention the incredible weight of credit card slips that have to carried home! I have to go there on Wednesday anyway so hopefully on W'day night I'll be ... 'downtown ... where all the lights are bright, downtown etc. etc.
That's great that you'll already be making a trip to the mall. However, I'd be rather broken hearted that it wasn't at the store on the day I was ready to grab it. Hubby and I were on vacation when Nightlife hit the shelves. I was going through a bit of withdrawal. When we got back, we had a few extra bucks left and I convinced him that I HAD to have the EP. Actually, I had to bribe him with a copy of a new release of one of his favorite PS2 games. I couldn't stand having to wait to get it! I'm terribly impatient.
I had to bribe my honey too, he got Burnout 3 revenge for xbox, although I've been playing that myself and am farther along than him in that game! He was trying to tell me that nightlife would make a great Christmas gift for a while...I told him he was nuts. I ended up pre-ordering it with the free overnight shipping code.
Bribe him? I don't think I even mentioned it till the postman didn't arrived with it at the door and I started sulking . Actually, there was a certain amount of glee when I pre-ordered, I had recieved a $10 fathers day gift voucher for an on-line store that I frequent and used that to purchase NL, that'll teach him for saying 'Your not my mother' when it was mothers day as an excuse for not getting me anything! :devious:
Oh!!!! Hubby says the same thing to me. But then I pout, and he get me three presents, one for each baby.
Lysistrata had a more fun method of getting the chaps to see things her way, one that caused far less damage to the weekly family budget (assuming that no lullaby was heard afterwards )
I feel so much better knowing I'm not the only person this has happened to! I'm afraid I wasn't very nice the year my family overlooked mother's day and my birthday (same month). I did nothing for any birthday for the entire year. I simply mentioned that it appeared everyone voted not to celebrate them. (I'll admit I wouldn't have done something this extreme if my kids hadn't been in their early teens.) It's amazing how much attention is given to mother's day and my birthday now. All family members must learn at some point that if Mama isn't happy...no one is. I didn't quite bribe hubby for Nightlife...I used subtle manipulation. On the way to the electronics dept in Wal-Mart, I started to inquire how he was doing with his fantasy baseball team. I mentioned that I would be somewhat glad when it was over because we always seemed to have a baseball game playing on tv. He mentioned that he had signed up for fantasy football, too. I picked up Nightlife at that point and said I wanted to buy this sometime. He took it out of my hand and tossed it in the shopping cart. I gushed, he grinned. He can now watch unlimited football and I can play Nightlife without guilt.
By the way ... when I first married I found that taking hubby to the supermarket tended to result in large numbers of impulse purchases of the biscuit and beer variety causing severe pains in the housekeeping budget. After a while I found that stopping off at the golden arches en route to the market and stuffing him with a supersize meal resulted a net saving equivalent to a whole chart CD. I thought I was being dead clever until I discovered that I was piling on unwanted pounds (courtesy of my own MacD intake) and the lucky rat with the hairy legs was actually losing weight (due to a drastic reduction in sugary snack consumption). :(
I never bothered to say anything to hubby. I just bought it. The man is an accountant who uses computers all day long at work but can't figure why anyone would play games on them. When I talk about the Sims his eyes glaze over. He refers to this forum as a chat room (no matter how many times I correct him on this.) I did, however, get his attention when I printed out information about the EA corporation. He had no idea there was so much money involved in the computer game industry. He's a little more curious but would still rather watch football on TV.
That is so annoying about men. I cut back on both sugar and fat consumption and nothing changes, not even a pound. Hubby, on the other hand, looks as trim as a catalog model. It ain't fair.
Tell me about it. My husband I both tend to gain weight, part of the curse of middle age, but he can drop it like that if he just diets for a week or so, while I struggle and struggle ... Of course it helps that he has a physical job (he's a baker) while I sit on my arse all day at a computer ... but someone has to make the big bucks. As he likes to joke, he makes the bread, I bring it home. He always showers me with gifts. I guess I'm spoiled. We don't have a lot of money but if I really want something, like NL, I get it. It helps that he goes to bed early (ah, the life of a baker). Once the kid's in bed I can play guilt-free. Shame on those husbands who say "you're not my mother." THEY didn't have to give birth! You just slap 'em upside the head for me. My friend who was going to install NL is expecting twins any day (or rather, his wife is) and can't do it! Time for Plan B: Ingratiate myself with my little brother, who is a computer genius. Of course he has a two year old daughter, so time to himself is minimal, but I bet if I babysat while he upgraded my computer it would all work out ... wish me luck!!!! I'm getting so bored with the game, especially with my inferior chip! I need NL, stat!
My boyfriend goes down to the gym every other day for a week and loses 10 pounds, I went to the gym every other day for a month and gained 5...I don't get it. I don't think I ever will. My parents are the same way, my dad is fit and trim, and my mom, no matter how much she diets and exercises, can't lose the weight. But God did make us this way for a reason, this way we're able to support a life inside of us...those super skinny chicks aren't healthy enough to have a baby because they don't have any fat. At least that's what I fall back on!
Bribe your hubby's? Who are these men? If my wife wants something and the money is there she buys it and I congratulate her on getting something nice for herself.
Meow-swish-crack! (LOL...j/k...I firmly believe that no man who is in a long term relationship can truely be happy until he makes peace with the fact that he is whipped. ) My wife is the fiscally responsible one in the family and handles the bills, so when she asks for something expensive for herself I've learned to say, "Your the one who pays the bills. If you think we have enough money just buy it for yourself...you're worth it." Most of the time she guilt-trips herself out of buying it, but enjoys hearing the compliment. Win-win for me! When it came to purchasing NL, the only bribe I had to give her was a second copy for her machine.
I've got a new computer!!! Yay!!!! Yippeee!!! It has my old hard drive so I won't even lose my Sims. I thought I'd have to start all over ... Now I just have to wait until after work to get it to work ... sigh. I'm so psyched, though! I bought my daughter the EA Harry Potter games for her birthday (they're on special right now, all 4 for $20!), so I may not ever get to PLAY Sims NL, but at least I CAN if I want to ... And there's always time after she goes to bed. And HP should be fun, too. I'm so happy!!!! Just wanted to share.
